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Author Archives: Melissa Dinwiddie

The #1 Thing That Gets In Your Way

The above video says pretty much the same thing as the post below, but with talking. (6 minutes) What’s the #1 thing that gets in your way? It keeps you from living the fully creative life of your dreams. It gets between you and the happiness you desire, between you and joy, between you and… Continue Reading

Inspiring Subscriber: Susan Falcone – Creativity, Self-Compassion & Trickster Universe

Listen or download audio only: Susan Falcone Interview mp3 (38:20) I’ve written before about the fact that the Universe is quite the Trickster. Yessiree. Yesterday was yet another example. Some background: Susan Falcone is the inspiration behind my decision to make Self-Compassion the first of my 3 words for 2012. Plus I just have a humongous girl-crush… Continue Reading

When everything you do feels like something you have to do, not something you want to do

My friend Amy asked me to write a post with the title “When everything you do feels like something you have to do, not something you want to do,” so here it is. This is for you, Amy. Honestly, whole years of my life have seemed this way, struggling to pay the bills and do… Continue Reading

How Amazon Can Help You Unhook from Criticism

Uncharacteristically short for me today. Just some brilliant advice I learned today in Tara Mohr’s Playing Big program (aff). The theme in Playing Big for the next two weeks is unhooking from criticism. Kinda (ahem) critical if you want to play big, because the bigger you play, the more you stand out, and the more… Continue Reading

Trickster Universe and the Truth About Being Enough

In honor of April Fool’s Day, a post about Trickster Universe that’s no joke. — The Universe can be a real trickster. Sometimes this comes in the form of whacking you upside the head with a 2×4 when you haven’t listened well enough to the whispers (and later louder statements, then shouts) it’s been telling… Continue Reading

Teen Week: A Letter to My Teenage Self (Plus a Cool Announcement At the End)

Do you ever wish you could go back and make those painful teenage years better? Do you ever wish you could make someone else’s painful teenage years better right now?  Mara Glatzel of Medicinal Marzipan has taken that wish and turned it into a campaign of creativity, inviting bloggers all over the blogosphere to speak… Continue Reading